Key statistics
Satellite ASTRID 2 at a glance.
Uptime
9707
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ASTRID 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ASTRID 2
International designator: 1998-072B
Object number (NORAD): 25568
Object ID (CCSDS): 25568
Country: SWEDEN (SWED)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.875 minutes
Inclination: 82.9506 deg
SMA: 7366.751 km
Apoapsis: 1006.287 km
Periapsis: 970.946 km
RAAN: 337.8182 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0023987
Argument of periapsis: 325.3922 deg
Mean anomaly: 147.3228 deg
Mean motion: 13.73057591 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000082 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000072202 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:59 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ASTRID 2
TLE line 1: 1 25568U 98072B 25188.91641733 .00000082 00000-0 72202-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 25568 82.9506 337.8182 0023987 325.3922 147.3228 13.73057591330728
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ASTRID 2.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus
ASTRID 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 8’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 10, 1998, 11:57 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Nadezhda 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 10, 1998, 11:57 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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